1/2 Heretic 2018/08/19(Sun)12:29 No. 897994 ID: 8a947d
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YOU: ...and the road becomes my bride...

2/2 Heretic 2018/08/19(Sun)12:36 No. 897997 ID: 8a947d
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YOU: AND THE ROAD BECOMES MY BRIDE! I AM STRIPPED OF ALL BUT PRIDE~! SO IN HER I DO CONFIDE! GIVES ME ALL I NEED!
YOU: AND WITH DUST IN THROAT I CRAVE! ONLY KNOWLEDGE WILL I SAVE! TO THE GAME YOU STAY A SLAAAAVE! ROAMER, WANDERER, NOMAD, VAGABOND, CALL ME WHAT YOU WIIIIIILLLL!

Your name is Troy Porter, and you're trying to take your mind off of the idea that death squads from your former gang are out to kill or capture you for who used to be your psychopathic boss. The moon is high in the sky and your out of booze. Now there's nothing left to distract you from getting your stuff back.

You were always sure that one of these day's you'd have to desert the gang, but you also didn't think you'd be chased for it. Maybe playing loud rock music in the middle of the desert isn't such a good idea...Oh well. Somewhere around here you've a hidden stash of valuables and it should still be there. You hope nobodies taken it, more importantly you hope you can remember where it is.

Ask Gemini for help. Play loud rock music every time he says some snarky comment about your life.

>>897997
You at least left something in that location that’ll let you use your ability to travel to it, right? If not, then you’ll just have to look for it the old fashioned way.

>you hope you can remember where it is.
It might’ve been a bad idea to drink a bunch of booze before you started your search, since booze is known for making people forget things and not remember them.

Anyways, start looking for any familiar looking landmarks that were near your stash to let you know if you’re heading in the right direction. Or did you give yourself a hint of some kind to help you find the stash?

.....also, you must’ve really gotten lucky when that Roland guy said you could stay at his place, huh? He’s either really nice or really dumb to let a complete stranger like you stay with him.

Smashing bottles and loud rock are always OK in our book😁!

You marked the location with something or remember a landmark, right?

So, desesperado, what is the deal with this gang. Give us some insight of what you did in it.

any clues you left to help find it? Like did you hide the stuff next to a recanizable landmark or did you make the spot in some way to help you be able to find it?

Also why are you trying to find this stuff drunk? I get you're worried but being liquored up and trying to remember something usually doesn't work that well when you mix them together.

well might as well see if that elevator works then.

1/2 Heretic 2018/08/22(Wed)13:25 No. 898600 ID: 8a947d
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>>898015
Drug runs. Nothing serious just herbal stuff, you never messed with anything chemical. You mostly dealt with moving the stuff, but the rest of your troupe did more of the "heavy lifting".

>>897998
You call on Gemini and get no response, looks like the asshole doesn't want anything to do with you right now. Angels sure are stuck up.

>It might’ve been a bad idea to drink a bunch of booze before you started your search
Hey it's a well known scientific fact that booze always helps you remember things..you think.

After a little searching you try to look for a certain rock formation, large enough to hide what you're looking for. After some drunken stumbling about you see it, the ran shackle hut behind a few rocks. Hidden for good measure even if it looks worthless enough to not be given a second glance. You enter through the front door, simply pushing on it knocks it off of the hinges. Inside there's nothing but cobwebs. Anybody else would probably leave seeing nothing of value, but you know to pull up the floor boards and open the hatch underneath...

2/2 Heretic 2018/08/22(Wed)13:27 No. 898602 ID: 8a947d
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You climb the latter down into the storeroom hidden underneath the shack. Lots of these underground bunkers are hidden all around Crater, though most have security systems and advanced defenses some are only metal boxes meant to keep people safe from whatever screwed the world up. Inside it's too dark to see anything, but you do see the elevator that leads further down into the bunker.

>>898602
Go check the elevator to see if it’s working. If it is, then use it to get to the floor where you his your stuff.

Heretic 2018/08/22(Wed)14:26 No. 898626 ID: 8a947d
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>>898586
>>898618
You walk up to the elevator and try to open it, but for some reason the door won't open. That's right you wanted to make sure nothing got stolen by anybody here, so you had some help making sure this place was secure. Problem is now you have no idea how to get in yourself. You can't use The Doors to slide through either since you can't see the inside of the elevator and don't know the walls inside are exactly the same as the door on the outside. There's a grid of numbers on the door along with a keypad on the wall next to it. There's probably more in the room that can help you open this. You forget who helped you set this up but next time you're just going to use a lock like a normal person would.

>>898626
>There's probably more in the room that can help you open this.
Then you’d better start looking around the room for hints to open the elevator.

>You forget who helped you set this up but next time you're just going to use a lock like a normal person would.
There’s also a chance that the person that helped you could’ve taken everything sometime before you got here.

Or they could’ve left a trap to kill you, if they’re a part of the gang that you’re running from.

Look for any objects that would cover most of the grid but not all of it.

>>898626
Try 4579.

If that doesn't work, then try 8041.

Before trying to figure out the number grid, punch zeros into the keypad until it rejects the code to count out the maximum length the code can be. That'll very likely be the length of the actual code so you'll have some idea what you're shooting for puzzling out the grid.

Check under the rug

>>898626
Some of the numbers are cut by the door, maybe that's a hint of some sort.

>>898666
>>898725
But first, yeah, check code length and look at that rug.

Heretic 2018/08/23(Thu)20:55 No. 898823 ID: 8a947d
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>they could’ve left a trap to kill you, if they’re a part of the gang that you’re running from.
Nah, the people that helped you set this up knew how Channing could be. One of them was Matzen so you're sure nothing in here was set to kill you.

>>898637
>>898641
Neither of these works, The code cuts off at three digits.

>Under the rug
You pull out your lighter to help yourself see in the dim light. Underneath the rug there's a "5" etched into the floor.

>>898823
Try 159, 195, 519, 591, 915, 951.

Maybe check if there’s something under the broken shelf?

Can you use your portal opening power on flesh or other living materials?

>>898823
>The code cuts off at three digits.
Is there a limited number of guesses? Because if there is, then you should be careful and not randomly type in a bunch of guesses, since that could result in you being permanently being locked out!

Try looking under that broken shelf in the corner of the room. Or just check all of the shelves.

Heretic 2018/08/23(Thu)22:01 No. 898829 ID: 8a947d
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>>898826
Yes, but the flesh has to be similar enough for it to work. To be more specific the dna needs to be similar, so it needs to be from the same body or you can use two siblings as portals.

>>898824
5 is good enough to guess the rest of the numbers for you. You didn't come here to solve some dumb puzzle, you came to get your shit back. You put your lighter up to the keypad and punch in a bunch of different codes to try to open the doors. Eventually 591 gets the doors to open and you enter the elevator.

You're lowered to the second floor of the bunker and met with a long hallway, your lighter runs out of fluid as you reach the floor. There are three doors in the hallway: one next to you with the actual door jammed open and two at the far end of the hallway. There's a service hatch on the ground in front of you, but it seems stuck shut.

>>898829
Go through one of the doors at the far end of the hall.

Also, that red sun painted onto the poster reminds me of that mark in that other bunker. Very curious.

>>898829
Do you even remember which room has your stuff in it or do you need to search all of them until you find your stuff?

Go through the open door, since it’s the closest one.

And what’s with that red sun painted on that poster?

The jammed door seems like the best option.

>>898845
Let's try this. You can use your portal to enter from one side of the door and exit from the other. It's a nice ability to have against jammed doors.

>>898857
It’s a door that jammed open, he can just walk through it without using his ability.

>>898858
Yeah but that would be boring.

Heretic 2018/08/30(Thu)15:31 No. 899665 ID: 8a947d
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>red sun graffiti
You aren't sure about it, but you see it a lot. Some sort of old world thing?

>Do you even remember which room has your stuff?
Nope, and the alcohol definitely isn't helping your memory. You're going to have to search all each room.

You go through the jammed open door. There's not much in here, a terminal that looks broken and a large metal tank. Next to the tank there's another maintenance hatch that looks a lot like the one in the hallway.

>>899665
Well, unless you can turn on that terminal or you have a screwdriver, we should probably check one of the other doors. Go to one of those at the other end of the hallway.

Well, if the terminal is dead, and you can't do anything about that hatchet, go to the other rooms.

>>899676
He doesn't need a screwdriver, he can just portal himself to the other side if both sides are made of the same thing.

>>899679
It needs to be two similar but SEPARATE surfaces. It's why we couldn't escape into that other cave down the mountain with his powers, they were one surface. The hatch would need to have two layers of plate if we wanted to do that.

Also, if the Doors did work the way you say and we didn't need a screwdriver, why leave the room without seeing what's on the other side of the hatch? We could have dealt with the hatch right now. Although, now that I think about it we could probably use that other hatch in the previous room to port through. Maybe we should do that first.

>>899665
>Next to the tank there's another maintenance hatch that looks a lot like the one in the hallway.
That means that you can either go through this hatch to get under the one in the hallway or you can go through the one in the hallway to get to the other side of this one.

But which way do you want to go first?

Heretic 2018/08/30(Thu)19:45 No. 899702 ID: 8a947d
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Upon closer inspection the monitor's just missing it's power source, no use getting anything out of it unless you can charge it with something.

>That means that you can either go through this hatch to get under the one in the hallway or you can go through the one in the hallway to get to the other side of this one.

Actually you can't do either of those things. You can only use The Doors to make portals between areas you can see or remember clearly. You don't know what's behind either hatch so you can't go to the other side of them, but you can go through the one in this room and out the one in the hallway so you're back in front of the hallway entrance just fine. So to recap how The Doors works:

>Need to be separate but similar surfaces
>Need to be within range of at least one of the surfaces (about 10 ft)
>Need to know where the surfaces are or lead to (If somehow you saw video footage of whats beyond this hatch then you could go through it from the other one)

you feel like it doesn't have to be this restrictive but Gemini's a little bitch.

You leave the tank room and go to the far end of the hallway. Now that you're closer you can make out a large smattering of dried blood on the wall. The door next to you seems to be a broom closet.

>>899702
Broom closet. Let's, uh, save the bloody door for last.

Actually I think the bloody door's safe. The blood splatter happened when the door was closed. If anything, I'd be suspicious of the broom closet.

Yeap, not suspicious at all. Seriously tho, what the fuck happened here?

>>899708
I agree with this, the door is covered in blood, if something happened, it happened outside. Go for the bloody door, if you can.

Bloody door for the reasons given. Broom closet might have a power source for the monitor but that's just a curiosity, it can wait.

>>899702
Was that blood there the last time you came in here to hide your stuff? Are there any traps you may have forgotten about that are meant to kill intruders?

>>899708
>>899709
>>899722
But what if that’s the trap? As soon as we approach the bloody door, the broom closet opens up and turns us into a fresh coat of blood on the walls!

Why don’t we just stand to the side of the broom closet and open it that way? Since it’s aimed towards the bloody door, we’ll be able to avoid whatever it is if we open the door from the side!

Heretic 2018/08/31(Fri)13:14 No. 899767 ID: 8a947d
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>Was that blood there the last time you came in here to hide your stuff?
Not that you recall, and there are no traps in place either.

>Closet
You don't remember there being traps or anything but you'd still better be careful. You slowly open the door from the side, nothing happens. You look inside, There are some old cleaning supplies, some lighter fluid, and an energy cell.

>Bloodied Door
The door's busted shut...damn looks like you're at a dead end for now.

If you can, pick up that stuff. Not only you might need it here, but if you don't need it at the end, Roland might. He is a real handyman, he can use all that junk. He will like it. Also there is blood pouring from that vent.

>>899767
That vent just gushed blood, we should probably move so that whatever's inside doesn't corner us. Run to the terminal, activate it with the cell, and if the thing comes into the room, port out with the hatch.

Well the cell can power the terminal BUT OH MY GOD WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON WITH THAT VENT!!?!??!

Might want to portal away using that wall there.

>>899767
>some lighter fluid
Now you can refill your lighter if you need to see something.

>an energy cell
You can use that to power up the terminal in the other room. So let’s go back there and-

>blood coming out of the vent
Oh shit, behind you!

Heretic 2018/08/31(Fri)15:14 No. 899803 ID: 8a947d
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>Blood?
You hear the sound of gushing and something soft and wet hitting the ground. When you turn around you see writhing globs of what looks like black gunk and meat falling from the ceiling! The chunks of meat writhe and move trying to group together. You don't think running through that's such a good idea.

>Might want to portal away using that wall there.
All of the walls in this hallway are a continuous surface, it's no use traveling through them. The door to the janitors closet isn't the same as any other door you've seen, but the bloody door is the same as the one at the other end of the hallway. The dried blood coating the door is disrupting the surface of the metal! You can't use The Doors while the door is like this!

>>899803
Then clean that door with the supplies, clean like your life depends on it (because it likely does)!

>>899803
>black gunk and meat falling from the ceiling! The chunks of meat writhe and move trying to group together.
Good news: This monster isn’t interested in stealing your stuff, so your things should still be around here somewhere!

Bad news: This thing is going to try and kill you!

>Can’t use The Doors on bloodied door!
Use the cleaning supplies to get rid of the blood on the door!

Mamma always said you have to be a tidy boy, so clean that door and make mamma proud!

>>899807
This is the least impressive escape idea but also probably the smartest.

Heretic 2018/08/31(Fri)18:50 No. 899850 ID: 8a947d
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>>899841
You can definitely say it's one of the dumbest ways you've had to escape death, but that isn't going to stop you from scrubbing for your life! As you scrub you see the mass of blood and meat coagulate behind you into a bigger and bigger pile of gore and start to shamble towards you. You clean away enough dried blood from the door's metal to squeeze through to the back of the hallway before it's tendrils can grab you.

As you emerge from the entrance door you see the wall of flesh reorient itself down the hall and begin to approach you, The pile of meat is so massive it scrapes the walls, floor, and ceiling with no way to pass it. A wall of flesh advancing towards you at an alarmingly steady pace.

>>899850
If when you said that one door is jammed open, you mean we cannot possibly close it, I say cut our losses and run. If we can still close it, lock yourself inside and try to fiddle with the machine. If it breaks through the door, we can escape through the other maintenance hatch. If it goes through the vent over the hatch, we can run back out the door.

Wait, am i getting this wrong, or there is another wall of meat? Anyway, you have to keep moving, anywhere but here is better.

Can you open a portal between two places so that it gets caught in it, but it's too big to go through so it gets stuck?

Also, there's another portal arrangement you can use to move around. That floor panel matches the material of that in the side room.

I guess you're gonna have to warp back to the janitor's closet and nab that energy cell to use in the side room.

>>899864
Pretty sure we got everything from the closet already.

>>899850
Quickly run into the room with the terminal and plug the energy cell into it.

Hopefully it turns on quickly and it has options that let you unlock the bloody door and/or close the door to the terminal room!

>>899864
He already grabbed the energy cell.

>>899868
>>899884
He listed the items but did not say they were picked up.

>>899893
The same way he didn’t say he picked up the cleaning supplies, but he still had them to clean the blood off the door.

Be the best janitor/I.T. guy in the post-apocalypse and get that monitor charged up!

I'd imagine you'd remember if that thing was around the last time you were here.
Where is the Demonologist when you need him.
Oh, well, what have you got aside from your bass?

Heretic 2018/09/03(Mon)17:18 No. 900325 ID: 8a947d
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>Inventory
You have an Energy Cell, a Bottle of Lighter Fluid, your Lighter (Empty), and your Trusty Handgun with 12 bullets.

>Power the monitor
You pry open the rusted panel to the monitor and pop in the energy cell. Unfortunately you see a second slot for another cell. the monitor requires TWO energy cells to function.

You turn around and see the Wall of Flesh squeezing itself through the door grasping to catch you.

Shoot the hatch, look through the hole, and warp back to the bloody door. There you can fill your lighter while you wait for the mass to come back for you, before warping to the other side of this hatch.

>>900325
Shoot the fleshy mass once to see what happens. Then I guess you can warp away via the hatch on the wall and its corresponding hatch outside this room.

No idea where we're gonna get that second cell though. Maybe setting this monster on fire will accomplish something?

>>900325
Warp through the maintenance hatch on the wall and out the one in the hallway! Then quickly warp through the door and out the bloody door at the other end of the hallway!

That’ll buy you time to refill your lighter with the lighter fluid.

Spray half of what’s left in the bottle on the floor and ignite it when the monster is on the puddle, then spray the last of the lighter fluid on the monster to make sure it burns!

>>900325
The keypad in the first room might have a compatible battery.

>>900325
I can't believe I didn't consider this, but if we look into that vent we might be able to see if there is something inside the maintenance hatch that could be used to teleport us inside. Do that, then use the hatch to teleport out of there.

Heretic 2018/09/04(Tue)13:42 No. 900441 ID: 8a947d
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>Shoot the fleshy mass once to see what happens
You fire a bullet into the wall of flesh (12 Bullets ==> 11 Bullets) it stops for a second but immediately continues to move afterwards.

>Look through the vent
You peek through the vent on the wall above the maintenance hatch, It's dark but you can make out what looks like a shape attached to the vent maintenance tunnel's ceiling. It looks like a camera.

>Warp out
You crawl through the maintenance hatch and back out into the hallway. You use the bottle of lighter fluid to refill your lighter, but there's only enough to get the lighter full again. The wall of flesh is so slick with blood you doubt you'd be able to set it on fire unless it was covered in something flammable. You can hear awful gibbering coming from the wall, it's probably going to exit the room and look for you in the hall again.

>>900441
Think there is something behind that poster? Rip it off.

Can you get into the vents by warping to the other side of it from a different vent? Heck, can you get to the other side of the maintenance hatches that way? Or the locked doors?

>>900445
Yeah that's curious.

>>900445
I agree, that red sun is painting both the poster and the wall, it really highlights it.

Heretic 2018/09/04(Tue)15:28 No. 900460 ID: 8a947d
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>Behind the poster
You quickly tear the poster off of the wall, revealing a small hatch in the wall. Inside you see a few scraps of paper and a pack of cards that holds about 225 worth in cards which you take.One piece of paper reads...

The gasoline tank ain't gone bad has it? Or did some of the wiring go out? I think there's something chewing up wires in the walls. I left a power cell in the vents and when I came back it was gone. Some critter probably swiped it. Marty go check the tank when you get back and make sure none a the gasoline in it went inert, we don't got any Lucy in stock

...and another note reads

Paul nothings wrong with the gas. It's that new A-Gas that lasts forever, so there's probably rats or something in the wiring

>>900460
Twelve internet points says we just found out what happens when you use experimental magic gasoline in an insecure facility.

Check the cards. Were they used as pre-apocalypse playing cards or post-apocalypse currency?

Keep moving, look for anything related to gasoline. If that blood monster is at least 33% combustible material, a heat-based attack could at least trigger a fear response. Monsters don't like being set on fire.

>>900460
Wait, is this saying that the blob ate the power cell? I can think of two possible places it could be: either the power cell is still inside that thing (in which case we probably can't get it without killing it), or the power cell being too large, got stuck in the vent that the slime got through.

Any ideas on how to get through the vent or to kill the slime? We could possibly kill it by blowing it up with a shot to the gas tank, but that would also almost certainly destroy the terminal, and maybe the power cell, kind of making it pointless.

If the blob at the cell, then the cell would have been filtered out on ceiling grate the blob originally oozed out of!
Go get it! Shoot out the screws if you have too!

Boy it surely would nice to have a flamethrower right now.

>>900462
Before trying to explode the blob of meat, we should try to see if that cell is still in the vent from where that thing came from. But how do we pray it open?

>>900462
Unless the tank is only partially full, and the shot we're firing is either an incendiary or a tracer, shooting the tank will probably only make a hole.

Also that room is tiny we'd be chunky salsa. Even if we fire from outside the room, this facility is so small that the air could be unbreathable in under a minute. also we don't have what we came for yet.

We could shoot a hole in the lower section of the tank to spring a leak, and then use the lighter to light it, if it comes to that.

I suggest you cut your losses and leave. Then you can go sic that demonologist on this fucker. He probably has some magic science thing he can do, right?

Plus, if we go get demon guy, then you not only wouldn't have to waste any potential gas left in there, you also wouldnt risk causing severe structural damage to the facility.

Heretic 2018/09/04(Tue)20:12 No. 900494 ID: 8a947d
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>>900486
You wish you could just go and get Roland, but you went back and checked the house before you did all of this and he ain't home.

>Check the cards. Were they used as pre-apocalypse playing cards or post-apocalypse currency?
They're in good condition and only a few seem to be missing. You doubt it was ever used for currency before now.

The Vents
There aren't any screws on the vents up there to shoot off, you can't get up there.

>look for anything related to gasoline
The only thing you could think of here that could have gasoline in it is the tank in the jammed open room. The note said something about it by A-Gas, that stuffs just like normal gas 'cept it doesn't expire; still not as good as lucy though. If you want to burn this monster you're gonna need to cover it in that stuff to get a good fire going, but shooting that tank while you're still in the room's a great way to blow yourself up too. Plus even if you do blow that tank the terminal would be good as gone as well.

Maybe if you could use something to bust the tank open without shooting it. Maybe something that can crush it and make a leak? The wall of flesh is starting to leave the room.

Well, what about the pipe coming out of it and through the wall? Looks like it goes through some sort of fixture, is there any way to manipulate the fixture?

I guess you could go grab one of those loose shelves from the first room and smash the tank with it to cause a leak, then lure the wall of flesh over to the tank so it gets doused. Then you could light it up.

>>900496
Sounds like a plan, is either this, or find something else to smash the pipe, or kick it.

>>900494
>The wall of flesh is starting to leave the room.
Use The Doors and go back to the bloody door at the other end of the hall!

This thing is stupid and is just following you around, so you need to go back to the other end of the hall before it comes out of that room and starts to cover the floor hatch with blood!

Heretic 2018/09/11(Tue)12:00 No. 901348 ID: 8a947d
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You travel back to the far end of the hallway through your portals to leash the wall of flesh further away from you. After you get it far enough away you go back into the gas tank room and pull the pipe off of the wall. It takes a lot of time and effort, and the wall has enough time to catch up to you in the room again. When you do pull the pipe off the wall a stream of what you assume to be A-Gas spews from it and douses the demon wall.
Quickly you portal out of the room and back into the hallway once again. The wall of flesh continues to follow you doused in flammable gasoline.

Light it up!

>>901348
Light it up and immediately use The Doors to go to the other end of the hall, so that you don’t get caught in the fire!

>>901353
This, but make sure that that thing is far away from the console so it doesn't damage it. Light it up once is out of that room.

>>901354
Yeah, lure it a bit first.

>>901354
>>901360
The monster is going to leave a trail of gas behind it. So even if we set it on fire at the other end of the hallway, the gas trail will get set on fire and the fire will go back into that room with the terminal.

The terminal is going to be damaged no matter what we do.

>>901363
Ugh...

So, we portal back the a gas tank. Light our lighter, and wait for the flesh mass te get right up on our ass, so its covering the whole terminal. Throw the lighter and teleport through the tank out to the elevator immediately.

Then we open the emergency hatch of the elevator, climb up, and allow the fumes some time to vent.

Then we go back down and dig through the cooked meat to the (Hopefully) Insulated terminal.

To be honest I think this is a terrible idea, but I also think it could work.

Heretic 2018/09/11(Tue)16:26 No. 901371 ID: 8a947d
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>Light it Up

You chuck your lit lighter at the blob of flesh and immediately portal away from it. The mass catches on fire almost instantly and begins to flail about making louder gibbering noises. Parts of it's body bubble up then pop and crackle as it's size begins to diminish. Soon only small chunks of meat and flesh remain as the fire grows. Luckily before the flames can get any worse panels in the ceiling slide back revealing sprinklers that douse the flames from becoming any more of a problem. The smell of burnt rotten meat lingers in the air.

You get closer to the remains of the wall of flesh, some small bits of it attempt to move but ultimately lose any signs of life. In the middle you see a beach ball sized pile of what looks to be hair and some sort of fatty material. Out of curiosity you give the hairball a poke with your foot and it splits open revealing lots of animal skeletons and bones, scraps of metal, and another power cell. You have no idea how it would've gotten this stuff through the grate, you're not a demonologist.

Take mental notes about this thing, Roland will love to hear about this, and if you can take some organic parts of it, the better. Take power cell and put it in that terminal already. I am starting to dislike this place.

>>901371
Plug the power cell into the terminal and turn it on.

You better hope that this thing didn’t get anywhere near your stuff!

>You have no idea how it would've gotten this stuff through the grate, you're not a demonologist.
It’s doubtful that Roland knows either, but as long as you can remember this stuff and tell him about it, I’m sure he’ll be happy! I mean, he hasn’t charged you any sorta rent for staying on his property, but if you tell him about this thing, then he’ll probably be too distracted to remember to charge you rent!

Power up terminal, see where your stuff is.

You'd think a giant wall of bloody flesh would suck up all kinds of non food related items, not just one powercell. Maybe it's new. Maybe it's parent is around.

I mean. It's a toss up between wanting to forget everything about that thing and keeping it in mind for your nerd friend.

For now, you've got a terminal that might get you your stuff back.

Heretic 2018/09/12(Wed)13:50 No. 901476 ID: 8a947d
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You pop the second power cell into the terminal. It takes a while to boot up completely but when it does you're given a number of camera interfaces to look at. Though only one works, the one to the camera in the maintenance hatch next to you. Now that you can clearly see what's behind the panel you can make a portal to the otherside.

You enter the maintenance shaft and crawl forward. There's a latter at the end which you climb up and continue on until you reach an opening with another latter. You climb down into the room below, you remember this place now. Your stuff should be under that rug.

Open the doors first, while I don't belive there's any traps in the rug, that's a hella suspicious rug.

Oub Mother Sun?
Pretty sure that's supposed to be Our Mother's Son.

Also whover wrote it, despite having a wery distinct style, breaks it in the second R.

It lqoks like the numbers 3 and 2 are hidden in the text.

>>901476
You know, I’m pretty sure the writing on the wall wasn’t here last time you were here. Which means, according to the writing, a bunch of sun worshipers have come through here.

You’d better hope they didn’t find your stuff! Because that would be very inconvenient!

And just in case they put a trap under that rug, use The Doors to stick your hand through the door behind you and out the door closest to the rug. Then yank the rug out of the way! That way, you can keep your distance while checking for traps!

>>901494
Well if that’s true, then look at the word “mother”. Doesn’t that look like a 0 (zero) instead of the letter “O”?

Heretic 2018/09/12(Wed)14:44 No. 901501 ID: 8a947d
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>>901494
>>901496
You think maybe insane people just have a hard time keeping consistent. Besides, that was here when you hid the stuff; this place is ancient.

Both doors open to empty uninteresting rooms. You came here for one thing and it's right in front of you now. You pull the rug aside revealing a massive safe in the floor, you remember the combination clearly and open it slowly. The safe is full of your valuables. You pull out a box of flat packages and flip through each one to make sure everything's there. Metallica...Vanhallen...Iron Maiden Yup they're all here! You dig inside of the safe more, a few of your guitars are in here too, sheet music, a bag of cards, and finally at the bottom wrapped in cloth you find a small vial of blue dust; Seraphim. Just touching the vial makes your hand tingle.

You're glad none of this stuff is gone. This shouldn't get in the wrong hands.

>>901501
What is this stuff? Some sort of weird drug?

>>901501
Alright, grab all of your things and let’s get outta here before some other monster decides to show up!

Also, count out the value of those cards to see how much money you’ve got.

>Seraphim
So what is that stuff and what’s it supposed to do?

>>901501
Seraphim? Is that angelic in nature?

Heretic 2018/09/12(Wed)16:09 No. 901524 ID: 8a947d
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>Seraphim
You don't know what's in it, but you do know that supposedly it's supposed to be like a mega drug for saints. It'll either super charge your power or melt your brain, and you don't want to take the chance.

You gather your stuff and count the cards. 750 Worth in cards, nice. As you leave the cabin and head back to your truck you hear something hit the sand next to you. A man covered in blood is clutching his broken arm in pain as he tries to lift himself up. You can tell from his clothes he belongs to Channing's gang. Between coughing up blood he looks at you and sputters out...

GANG MEMBER: M-monster! H-h-help me. Please!

You hear something moving on the rock above you.

Despite the blood... His bones don't look horrifically broken.
Also, not your problem. Get the hell out of here.
I smell a trap.

Shhhhit, i have a really bad feeling about this. What is this guy doing here? Pull out your gun, aim at him first, look at the direction were the noise came from. I don't trust this guy.

>>901524
Dive back into the rock behind you and teleport to that other outcropping behind the building.

Don't they want you dead? If they do, leave. If they don't, help.

>>901524
He wouldn’t happen to be the guy that helped you set up this hiding place for your stuff, would he?

Bu, yeah, like everyone else said, this is probably a trap.

Heretic 2018/09/12(Wed)18:43 No. 901550 ID: 8a947d
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You've got no interest in helping somebody that A: might be luring you into a trap and B: dressed as the people who're hunting you down. If this is a trap it's a poorly made one, but regardless there might be something up there. You use the rocks to teleport away all the while the man cries for your help. You sit behind the rocks and watch him limp across the sand. Eventually something leaps down from on top of the rock and pounces on the gang member. It's dark but you can hear chewing and see his blood spray from his body across the sand. It looks like that wasn't a trap, but you're not losing sleep over one of Channings goons.
Now there's a more important question at hand: Can you travel back to your truck without alerting whatever that thing is?

>>901550
Maybe toss a rock at the wall nearby, then teleport when the beast tries to check out the noise.

Can you get a clear look at that thing?
Where is your truck? Can you teleport near it?

Teleport some distance away and throw a rock at the thing. Have it run at you and once it gets far enough, teleport to some rock closest to your truck. That should buy you enough time, tho you should probably floor it back to Roland's since he actually has stuff that might be able to subdue, or at least drive off this thing.

Watch out for more of these things and be prepared for weird demon shenanigans.

Ya better scout the situation before you go 'portin' up to your truck, even if you got the creature away from it first. You don't know if this critter runs in a group and there's a bunch of 'em up the rock it pounced from. Best to 'port up to the top of nearby rocks around the rock your truck is next to and scope it out for trouble before jumping in.

>>901551
Doubtful that this creature'll stop chewing on its meal to investigate the sound of a rock hittin' another rock. However, the clack might attract other, currently unseen, critters that we wouldn't want. Best not to throw around stones right now.

>>901628
This seems reasonable.

Heretic 2018/09/13(Thu)18:30 No. 901647 ID: 8a947d
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>>901628
There could be more of whatever this thing is. You fall through the rock your leaning on and come up through the top of the one by the shack. You scan the area real quick but don't see anything else on top of the rocks or in the distance. These things could be hiding but you have no idea where. As you look for more possible creatures you realize the chewing sounds from below have stopped.

>>901647
Behind you!

Quick, go back through the rock!

>>901647
Table-hopper over it! Parkour!

>>901647
Say hello to Issei.

To your right! Muve MUVE!

Heretic 2018/09/14(Fri)14:39 No. 901695 ID: 8a947d
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You hear deep heavy breathing behind you. IN a panic you warp back through the rock and try to get away from the monster. You run away from the shack in the opposite direction of your truck. As you move you hear something fly through the air and something lands in front of you. When it stands up you get a better look at what the thing is. It's not a beast, but a very tall humanoid shape. Their mouth is covered in blood. In a deep voice you hear...

???: i recognize your smell...only a bit of it but it reminds me of the young man from dawnsprings...yes, roland. do you know him?

Tell it you're friends. Ask what it wants with you.

Uhhh, yeah, we save each others ass in a vault full of displacer beasts. He let me stay in his home after that. Really nice guy... too nice... ehh do you know him too? Do WE know each other? You got something in your uhhh, your whole mouth.

>>901695
What's it to ya?

>>901695
We know him, yes. If you’re planning on eating him we aren't going to tell you where he is.

Stay strong by reminding yourself that anything this thing does to you, at least you’ll probably die quickly. Channing will probably do much worse if he catches you.

>>901695
“Yeah, I know him. And if you’re planning on eating him, then I ain’t telling you where he is!”

Be VERY careful, blood around the mouth can mean a few things but since he can talk normally it's probably not his.
He seems dangerous, you might not want to tell him about Gallows.
You might not want to talk to him at all.

RUN.

How do you know Roland?

Heretic 2018/09/14(Fri)18:21 No. 901722 ID: 8a947d
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YOU: Y-yeah...I know him, what? You ain't full enough already?
???: hmm? oh i have no intention of killing or eating him.

The man pulls a handkerchief from his coat pocket and wipes the blood from his mouth.

???: i understand this isn't necessarily the best first impression i could give to a friend of rolands, but i assure you i don't just go eating anybody.besides, if i wanted to eat him i would've done it almost immediately after meeting him in town, and in the same way if i wanted to eat you i wouldn't be wasting time with conversation

The tall man turns to look at the corpse of the gang member.

???: the meal you interrupted was different. if you ask me he deserved to die...unless you think otherwise? was that man someone you knew?

I've seen him once or twice... We never spoke.

So uh... Roland sure knows some interesting folk. How do you know him, and what do you wan't with me?

I'm uh, Troy, by the way. And you are...

Say he was part of a group that wants to kill you.

Did know him for a bit, dude had a killer bandana and a cool hair style. Didn't deserve to die comparing to a lot of other people.

Didn't deserve to be eaten too, hella metal way to go.

Heretic 2018/09/14(Fri)20:23 No. 901738 ID: 8a947d
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YOU: Someone that wanted me dead...I saw him a few times before that but never talked to him...
???: well! everything worked out then! one less person that wants you dead and i got to have a nice meal tonight.
YOU: Yeah well...I ain't so sure how I feel 'bout him being eaten...Umm, my name's Troy. W-what do you want Roland for?
ICHIGO: chokoreto ichigo, but ichigo is just fine. i don't really "want" roland for anything i just happened to notice the smell from you and wanted to see who it was. i take great care to only hunt at night so nobody see's me, so when i smelled a familiar scent i panicked a little you see. cannibalism's not exactly a popular practice and despite not being human i definitely pass well enough to get called one.

Ichigo begins to walk away back to the corpse of the gang member.

ICHIGO: y'know recently there have been a lot more appropriate prey for me to hunt in the area. i assume that's because of you?
YOU: Well yeah...these people do want me dead.
ICHIGO: well...it's very rare that i get to eat like this, most of the time it's only fruits i can stomach. you and roland are in the same area most of the time? if you need help dealing with anymore rude visitors i'd be more than happy to help you and myself.

As Ichigo goes to finish his food he yells back at you.

ICHIGO: oh! and tell roland i'll be in lucc's bar tomorrow if he wants to talk! don't tell him what happened tonight!

He repeats himself again only this time it's somehow much lower yet just as loud almost like the voice is booming inside of your head.

ICHIGO: don't tell anyone what happened tonight.

He picks the body up and runs off leaving you alone.

What a nice fellow. What is up with you and meeting weird people?
Well you can't really deny that is a good deal. He helps you with your persecutors and he gets to eat. All you have to do is to be quiet about it. Nice and simple.
So, time to head back?

... I feel this calls for more booze. let's head back "home" and drink some more.

>>901741
Good plan

>>901738
>if you need help dealing with anymore rude visitors i'd be more than happy to help you and myself.
Lucky you! You’ve got an ally that can help you fight off and deal with these thugs that are after you! And all you have to do is not tell anyone that he’s not human or that he eats people! That seems simple enough!

>oh! and tell roland i'll be in lucc's bar tomorrow if he wants to talk!
Guess you’ll just pass along that message next time you see Roland.

>What do?
Well, since you’re not in danger anymore, head back to your truck and go back to Roland’s house.

This night's been quite eventfull, let's go find some un-smashed bottles and forget about it.

Heretic 2018/09/15(Sat)16:50 No. 901874 ID: 8a947d
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Yeah, maybe you should forget a lot of what happened out here. You've seen some freaky shit but this takes the cake. As much as you'd like to go home to drink the rest of the night away you need to go get something else important elsewhere, you hid a lot of stuff in Crater to keep it safe. As you return to your truck you can't help but wonder where Roland is. Last time you went back to his house to grab something there was no one home, has he really been out all night?

>Go get the rest of your stuff.

>Wonder what Roland's doing right now.

>Wonder what Roland's doing right now.

Eh, he probably wandered into a ruin and got trapped or something. He's smart enough, he'll figure it out. Just give him some time.

>Go get your stuff

>Go get the rest of your stuff.
What other stuff? Is something of personal value as well?

Do you have familly? Siblings, parents?

>>901874
This is a tough decision to make. On one hand, I want to stick with Troy a little longer, but on the other hand, I want to see what kind of training Flint is giving Roland.

Hmmm, I guess wonder what Roland's doing right now.

>Go get the rest of your stuff.

Go get the rest of your stuff

>>901874
We can check on Roland another time. Let’s see what else we need to get.

Roland is just doing chin-ups; probably still getting over his inferiority complex from the thing he was in.

Get the rest of your shit. Btw, we need to tell roland about that guy. We need to tell him everything the guy said, what he looked like, what he did, and especially that he told you not to tell roland.

Hey, i have a question: what do you know about succubi? I know they are a demon, and while you will probably just say roland would know more, you would be wrong. While roland is passionate about learning about demons, he doesn't actually know much about demons yet, meaning the tidbits you know might still be more than he knows. I mean hell, he is basically just a kid, right?

Chin up Roland! Don’t be a pussy!

>>902095
I think roland can handle unpussying himself by himself

1/2 Heretic 2018/09/21(Fri)11:55 No. 902659 ID: 8a947d
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>Go get the rest of your stuff
Whatever Roland's doing you're sure he's fine. Besides, you need to worry about getting your things back. If you're going to be hiding out here you'd better at least find the crap you hid. You sort of always knew Channing was a bit of a crazy asshole, he gave off a weird sort of vibe, but it was never that bad until before you left.

>Do you have family? Siblings, parents?
No. You've been an orphan for your entire life. Honestly the closest thing you had to a family was the gang, even if it wasn't that long ago you joined them.

2/2 Heretic 2018/09/21(Fri)12:06 No. 902660 ID: 8a947d
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>We need to tell Roland about that guy
Sure, you might as well cover yourself in barbecue sauce while you're at it. Not only would that put a target on you for revealing his secret, but if Roland knew you get the feeling that Ichigo guy'd put him on the menu next to keep him quiet. Still...you might think about it later.

>What do you know about succubi?
You've heard some things but you know next to nothing. Demons aren't something you get close to on purpose.

After some driving you park your truck near where you hid your stuff. In front of you there's a divot in the ground filled with bushes and other plants. Looks like mostly stab-weed. There weren't this many bushes the last time you were here. You can't drive through this, last time you tried even if it was smaller it was still hell to get your truck out of the pit. You stare at the rock formation in the middle, it's not made of the same stuff as the surrounding rocks. You think last time you were here you were told it was some sort of meteorite. You do know your stuff is hidden somewhere around the base of that weird rock.

How stabby is stab weed? If you run through it, are you bleeding and in pain, or impaled and dying? Because I feel like something might jump out.


Wouldn't happen to have a machete in the back, would you?

>>902660
Can you just walk around it?

Flame it! (idk how)

Btw, grab a piece of the meteor. I know it is huge, but i just mean a small piece that has broken off (and i'll eat my hat if there arent any). Roland or his pet imp might be interested in it.

--
Hey, now here's an idea, why not grab a piece of regular rock on the ground and toss it to the other side of the murderpit. You could teleport to the rock (unless ofc, it has to be a specific size which may be the reason why you havent used this exploit before).

Well, Roland has a flamethrower, you could grab him and burn the weeds. Assuming you arent still opposed to imposing.

Tell him he needs to recruit a succubus. Dont give an explanation, just tell him and then just dont say anything.

You should really work on upgrading your truck into a combat vehicle. It needs more horsepower, armor, and wheels that could drive through that shit like it was nothing.

Roland knows a guy.

Your truck is smailling.

Also, i don't like it. In tall grass there is always a possibility that someone ro something is hiding. Is it normal cutting grass or is an abnormal cutting grass that is actually angerous and can cut you real nasty-like?

Are those needles difficult to get through on foot? Maybe we could find a couple large rocks that could help get us through.

>>902667
First, unless that rock is related to demons, I don't think Roland will be especially interested in it. I suppose we could grab a piece of it if it shows something interesting, but as far as I can tell it's just a big rock.

Second, we would need a human sized rock for that. Throwing a pebble won't work, but maybe if we found something bigger we could use it.

Third, Troy has no idea where Roland is last time he checked.

Fourth, I think Gemini will get pissed if we try to get friendly with a succubus... which means, I'm all for it.

By the sound of that I would also assume you have some kind of tool for brush clearing or a way to get through the stab grass unharmed.

>>902660
>Not only would that put a target on you for revealing his secret, but if Roland knew you get the feeling that Ichigo guy'd put him on the menu next to keep him quiet.
No, you fool! You just tell Roland, “Hey, I ran into a weird guy in the middle of the wasteland earlier and he said he knew you. Do you know of someone named Ichigo? He said that he’d be at Lucc's bar tomorrow if you wanted to talk.”

That way you can tell Roland that you met Ichigo and you don’t reveal his secret to Roland.

And if Roland asks why Ichigo was out in the middle of the wasteland, just tell him that’s something he can ask Ichigo if he goes to meet him at Lucc’s bar.

>You stare at the rock formation in the middle, it's not made of the same stuff as the surrounding rocks. You think last time you were here you were told it was some sort of meteorite.
Well, it’s doubtful that thing landed in one piece. Check the surrounding area to see if there are any chunks of the meteorite that broke off and landed somewhere outside of all the stab-weed. That way you can use The Doors between the two chunks of meteorite.

>>902672
The meteor might have useful properties. Spiderchick (whom i cant remember the name of) might want it, meaning Roland could either sell it, or at the very least give it to her for RelationshipPoints
Plus there are demons and saints and shit, is a magic space rock really that far-fetched?

--

Do you have a siphon? Could you siphon some of your truck's gas to start a fire to burn the deathweeds?

>>902833
>Spiderchick (whom i cant remember the name of)
Her name is Ada.

1/2 Heretic 2018/09/22(Sat)20:12 No. 902850 ID: 8a947d
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>>902661
Stabweed isn't deadly to walk through, you might get your pants and coat scratched up a bit but it won't kill you. The stuff can leave you bleeding if you're not careful though. The real stabby parts are down near the roots of the bushes in the middle of it. People like to tear those parts off to use like darts or caltrops, and you've got good boots on so as long as you don't fall on one of those you're fine. You do grab a knife from your truck though, not for the plants but more for the snakes. Snakes love stabweed, the leaves are really warm and they like using the sharp root bits to help shed their skin. You have no idea if any of these snakes are poisonous though so instead of heading right for the rock you look for a chunk you can use to teleport closer without fear of being bitten.

>>902668
Yeah you would, but things like that kind of cost cards. Plus you don't like to make too many adjustments to it, weapons are most likely out of the question.

>Flames
That might burn what you're hiding here, it is flammable.

2/2 Heretic 2018/09/22(Sat)20:17 No. 902852 ID: 8a947d
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When you do find a big enough chunk of meteorite half way between the rock and the edge of the pit you sink into it and out of the bigger rock. You get down and start digging around the base of the rock trying to find your stash, at the same time you pick up a few meteorite chunks just in case. While digging around you notice there's some sort of weird markings on the rock, you really hope that doesn't mean some one else got here before you did. They look sort of like...foot prints?

>>902852
It also looks like there is a marking of a fist there. Maybe try putting your feet and fist on the designated prints?

>>902852
>They look sort of like...footprints?
It looks like the footprints are walking up the side of the meteorite.

I say you should just ignore it and keep digging until you find your stuff.

Buuuuut, if you’re really curious (or you can’t find your stuff) you can go ahead and follow the footprints up. And instead of climbing, just use The Doors to go back to the other chunk of meteorite you found, then when you come back to the big meteorite, you should aim to come out of the top. No climbing at all!

>>902852
This must be the work of an enemy StandSaint! Look out! Get away from those prints, see if there's anyone above you or something.

Why would there be footprints in a rock? I mean, handprints and a fist maybe, but a foot? Someone walking horizontally? Maybe kicks?
Check your stuff, but be wary of an ambush again. It happen before, and this time Ichigo might not be there to help you.

Heretic 2018/09/23(Sun)01:14 No. 902893 ID: 8a947d
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You look at the prints on the side of the meteorite. They are footprints but they don't go all the way up so it doesn't look like someone walked up the side of the thing, and now that you pay attention either the snakes are hissing louder or the markings starting to hum...and glow. You back up a little as it starts to glow brighter and duck away from it instinctively. A blue leg shoots from the foot print on the meteorite barely missing your face.

Why Kicking? That wouldn't kill you, just knok you over into the stab weeds. You probably wouldn't de you'd just be injured and slowed... down...

SHIT this is an ambush. RUN!

Back up somewhere safe and try to find your attacker

>>902893
We found a member of your old gang at the last stash we should have guessed that they know about our hiding places.

>>902893
Do you know anyone with an ability to do that?

If you know about this ability, then that means you know if this is a trap to be avoided or if that’s a leg that you can grab to yank your attacker out of the rock.

Also, don’t forget about the footprints that were on the ground! You don’t want to end up getting a kick in the balls! DX

A trap made of a angel ability. Look around for more of these, pay attention to the snakes, they seem to react to them. We need to the one making this and put them down ASAP.

>>902893
Grab the leg and pull.

They might work like proxy mines. Just keep your eyes open and avoid them as best you can - and grab your shit asap and get tf out of dodge!

>>902850
Truck thing is a mid-long term goal. While it doesnt need guns, it definitely needs protection and enough power to keep from getting defeated by a bunch of bushes.

>>902893
Grab the leg and drag whoever it belongs to out.

>>902893
A question, is there anything that weakens Saint powers, like how silver weakens demons?

1/2 Heretic 2018/09/25(Tue)15:40 No. 903140 ID: 8a947d
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>Do you know anyone with an ability to do that?
You sure as hell do. You didn't recognize it at first, you've never seen it in action that much but, you do know who this is now.

>Grab the leg
It can't be grabbed. It's an echo of an attack imprinted in the rock.

>Run
You run away from the rock, upset you've yet to find your stash but more upset you've been found by gang members. As you run you feel one of the snakes beneath you coil around your leg. Another wraps itself around your arm and more begin to tangle you holding you in place. Another familiar ability.

2/2 Heretic 2018/09/25(Tue)15:49 No. 903142 ID: 8a947d
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You hear a voice from up on the large chunk of meteor. Two figures have leaped up to the top of the rock and now look down at you. Two assholes you wish you'd never met. The bumpkin looking one with the dumb hat is Johnny G, and the walking mop with snakes for fingers is Jitter. Members of Channing's "Hunter Killer" Division, You've never worked side by side with these freaks but you have seen what they can do...

JOHNNY-G: Well I'll be! Is that Tricky Troy I see down there? What are the odds! How ya been Troy!?

>>903142
Don't bother talking, just do your magic cocaine.

>>903140
>Caught
Troy, you fool, you should’ve used The Doors to go through the meteorite instead of running away on foot!

>>903142
>Members of Channing's "Hunter Killer" Division
It looks like they knew your stash was here, which means that the last guy didn’t happen to be there, he was waiting for you when Ichigo attacked him.

This means that you can expect more ambushes at all of your stash locations! So if you manage to get away from these guys, it might be a good idea to bring someone with you before you go looking for your next stash.

>What do?
If you can still reach your pocket, then all you have to do is aim your gun at the chunks of meteorite in your pocket and use The Doors to make the bullets come out of the meteorite those guys are standing on. That’ll force them to let go of you, but bonus points if you manage to kill one of them!

>>903142

Shit. Keep 'em talking, distract 'em while you try to wriggle free or teleport with your magic if possible. Maybe you can get the 'friendly' fellow let something useful slip.

"Doin' fine lying low - or trying to - on account of Channing throwing a fit over somethin' that got nothin' to do with me. How 'bout you and the hissus? I mean... the hell you two doin' hangin' out in the boonies, Johhny-G? I know he's cray, but the boss can't be mad enough to send two of his better hitters just to get his mitts on some schmuck ex-smuggler. Ain't you got better things to do?"

And what the hell, it might be worth it to try throwing a olive branch their way, right? Matzen was nice. These guys might not be NICE, but perhaps they can be convinced to look the other way for now.

"Seriously, all I did was having enough of Channing's bullshit and no wonder, bein' down the ranks was gettin' right un-fun. I don't wanna be martyred for the sake of gang cohesion or whatever the hell's gotten into his head now, so let me get outta your hair and I promise I'll try to make it worth your while. I ain't some enemy or threat to the gang, just a tired, harmless quitter. Wasn't the first, won't be the last."

"WAS FINE TIL YOU STARTED BOTHERING ME!"
Get rid of those snakes, use your machete.

Since no one friendly knows where you are, you may actually be fucked right now...

Could you "doors" the ground/dirt you are standing on?

What makes Johnny and Jitter freaks, specifically? What are their abilities? Guessing by his hat, Johnny seems like someone who needs to brag in order to compensate for something. Ask him how they found out about your hiding spots, he'll probably tell you in great detail, giving you time to free yourself.

>>903383
I think its more that they are weird, dorky, unpleasant individuals rather than actual freaks.

Could you use the doors to teleport through your hat and land on this guys head?

Heretic 2018/09/26(Wed)12:42 No. 903413 ID: 8a947d
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>Grab knife/gun
Your arms are bound tight by Jitter's snake hands. Getting anything from your pockets will be difficult like this.

>Do your magic cocaine.
The stuff that could possibly turn your nasals and brain into sludge on use? It isn't that dire yet. Besides, you left that in your truck.

>It might be worth it to try throwing a olive branch their way, right? Matzen was nice. These guys might not be NICE, but perhaps they can be convinced to look the other way for now.
The last thing you want to do is show any civility towards these two...but if it means not dyin' it might be the best course of action.

YOU: I was doin' just fine til' you two chumps came snoopin' around. The hell are ya doin' out here anyway? Channing's mad enough to waste your time huh?
JOHNNY-G: Oh Channing's absolutely livid! He's been spurtin' the same bullhonkey 'bout you needin' to "learn respect" or some shit. He's funny when he's made ain't he Jitter?
JITTER: ...
JOHNNY-G: Hah! You said it girl. Anyway we've been told we'd get a better reward if we bring ya in alive so why don'tcha knock all this tomfoolery off and just come back quietly! I'm sure the worst Channing can do is a public execution! That or takin' an arm or somthin'. Who knows? I do know It'll get worse for ya if you keep on runnin' away.
YOU: I ain't goin' anywhere with you fuckers! How'd you even know where to look for me?
JOHNNY-G: Oh! we got ya buddies to talk! Well, not really talk, but the methods we use make it impossible for em' to keep their mouths shut! We got special agents with abilities you don't even know 'bout. Don't feel too betrayed though, your friends struggled ta keep ya secrets 'til the last second! You really know how to pick 'em don'tcha? loyal and stupid.

At that you not only feel anger knowing friends we're possibly tortured, but also are beginning to get tired of Johnny's shitty voice. You can't reach your pockets, but you got a set of 32 weapons free right now. You bite down into a snake body coiling around your neck, in surprise Jitter yelps and retracts her snakes dropping you to the ground.

JOHNNY-G: Now that was right rude! I expected ya to fight dirty and all but that's just cruel! are ya alright Jitter?
JITTER: ...*sniff*

It seems like your passing idea of talking things out might not go through, these two are deep in Channing's pocket anyway, and you absolutely hate Johnny-G.The two seem about ready to attack you.

>>903413
Either shoot bullets through portals or take that super drug.

>>903413
You're at a disadvantage. The best option would be to retreat and prepare for their next attack.

>>903413
>tortured friends into revealing all of your secret stash locations
>friends struggled to keep secrets
Hey, at least you know they didn’t sell you out! They were forced to give away your secrets!

Of course, this means that there’s gonna be someone at all of your stashes, waiting to ambush you. You might want to think about bringing someone with you to help you fight, before you go looking for the rest of your stuff!

>Got free
Ok, now that your arms are free, you can use The Doors to shoot your gun into those meteorite chunks in your pocket to make the bullets come out of the meteorite Johnny-G and Jitter are standing on!

Look for cover, mind the snakes and any other traps. We are going to kill these bastards, for your old friends.

Anything in this stash you can use against them?
Also, it doesn't sound like this is going to go away by itself without taking Channing down, but that's a problem for another time, Johnny just called your friends stupid and that needs to be addressed >:(

Heretic 2018/09/26(Wed)15:18 No. 903427 ID: 8a947d
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>Anything in this stash you can use against them?
Nothing at all.

>Of course, this means that there’s gonna be someone at all of your stashes, waiting to ambush you. You might want to think about bringing someone with you to help you fight
Good thing you hit the most important one first. You can live without the other ones if that's the case, but you can always go get help if you really want the stuff.

>Shoot through the Meteorite
You pop two shots through a nearby chunk of meteorite and fire it out of the larger one the pair are standing on (11 Bullets ==> 9 Bullets). Johnny and Jitter both leap from the rock into the bushes to avoid the shots. They're now pursuing you.

>Look for cover, mind the snakes and any other traps.
The best cover you can think of is your truck. As you make your escape you dodge and jump over attack imprints and snakes; luckily, you know for a fact Jitter can't make poisonous ones so it isn't too dangerous to make the run. Even though no attack hits they definitely slow you down. From the direction the snakes are coming from you can tell Jitter is somewhere to your right, and you can hear Johnny jumping over the bushes behind you. In front of you there's another big hunk of meteorite large enough for you to portal through. You can hear Johnny-G shouting more dumb bullshit as he comes up behind you

JOHNNY-G: C'mon Troy 'ol buddy! I don't even know why you're doin' all this! Channing's killed plenty of people! One more doesn't make a difference does it!? You've never met 'em, you didn't know her name. Why do you care!?

He killed someone you knew, or you cared for? What is up with that song?
I am tempted to keep shotting at them, but we can't keep wasting bullets. Keep running for now, if he gets too close, then you shoot him, but if not just keep runing.

>>903427
If we cut off one of Jitter's snakes with the knife, they might be similar enough for us to open a portal straight to her. She'll probably not expect a bullet or knife to attack her from her own body. Or at least we could scare her into not using the snakes if they aren't similar enough to the rest of her.

"It's what he did BEFORE he killed her that pisses me off! He murdered her SOUL! He's outta control! He ain't leading you all to power and glory, he just wants to see the world burn, starting with the people that helped him the most!"

Heretic 2018/09/26(Wed)17:50 No. 903464 ID: 8a947d
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>He killed someone you knew, or you cared for?
You didn't know her at all, but that doesn't matter

YOU: Channing took it too far! The fact that you're perfectly fine with workin' with him for money and power just shows what kinda person you are. That asshole's on a one way street to screwin' us all over to get what he want's and you're too stupid to understand that you straw hat dumb ass !

You cut one of Jitters snakes in half with your knife. If it came from her body then all of the snakes she makes must be similar enough for you to make portals out of. You get down and peer through the bushes til you see her well enough. You fire through the severed snake (9 Bullets ==> 8 Bullets), the bullet angle makes it hard to get a good hit on Jitter but a good line of sight was clear for Johnny. He wasn't expecting a shot from that angle. The bullet hits Johnny in the right shoulder, he falls to the ground in pain stunned but not dead.

Jitter in surprise rushes for Johnny, breaking her body down into a swarm of long snakes. A couple reach Johnny, but the majority of them slither towards you quickly.

>>903464
He's down, and Jitter is getting closer to him. A good shot through her should be able to finish Johnny off.

Maybe also try to see if there is another rock you can jump through to avoid the snakes.

>>903464
>Jitter in surprise rushes for Johnny, breaking her body down into a swarm of long snakes.
So her entire body is just a swarm of snakes now? I wonder how jarring that is, to be in multiple places at once like that?

>A couple reach Johnny, but the majority of them slither towards you quickly.
Are you still holding that half of snake that you cut off? If so, shoot through that to hit Johnny!

Keep moving towards the meteorite that was in front of you and portal outta there!

.....hey, Troy, can you use The Doors to cut people in half? Like, if you pull them through something, can you turn your ability off while they’re still in the object to cut them in half? Because if any of those snake try to follow you through the meteorite, you could cut them in half and possibly kill Jitter!

Finish him, quick! I say you charge at them, they will expect to run away, not to go in.
I f you don't think you can pull that off, just avoid the snakes and reposition yourself

1/2 Heretic 2018/09/27(Thu)15:56 No. 903666 ID: 8a947d
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>Can you use The Doors to cut people in half?
No, when somethings going through The Doors it needs to exit at some point it can't be cut.

>Shoot through the snake
You take aim through the severed snake's head and get down to see Jitter's snakes, but you can't see any of the small vermin while they're slithering through the tall grass and stabweed bushes in the dark. You don't know where the exits are so you can't open an entrance.

While looking for an exit for The Doors to work one of the snakes slithering towards you wraps around your gun-arm and holds it down. A few more tangle and bite your legs slowing you down more.

2/2 Heretic 2018/09/27(Thu)16:05 No. 903669 ID: 8a947d
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While you're being swarmed by snakes you hear rustling from Johnny's direction as he stands up.

JOHNNY-G: Hoowee! Troy! That was dirty! Exactly why we called ya Tricky Troy. Hehehe...Y'know what's interestin'? Jitter's sayin' she smells somethin quite fascinatin' in that busted up rust bucket you call a truck. You been hidin' more goodies from the boss?

You can hear slithering coming from out of the bushes. More snakes come at you much bigger this time, you see the blue glow of Johnny's attack imprints on their scales as they rush you.

JOHNNY-G: Troy I'm a forgivin' man! You can still just quite to make things easier on yaself!

>>903669
I see a tactical mistake. The fist-laden snakes are too close to eachother. Stick the machete through some Doors to cut up those snakes before they can get to you.

>>903670
Yeah, use your machete and start cutting some heads. We need to be quick about it, or the snake lady will sneak to your car and steal your vial. We can't let Channing have it.

Snakes bitin' you... bite back on the one holdin' your arm. Or transfer your gun to your left hand and shoot it point blank, then shoot the ones tangling your feet. Damn, but we need a clutch move.

Hrm.

Can The Doors work through his energy attacks? Could you 'touch' an attack and in that split second fire through it right into other energy-covered snakes - or at him directly, if your same material sense can tell you more new attacks are being made nearby? Would be downright ironic if he's leaning down to plant a fist and a bullet comes outta the imprint to punch him in the gut.

>>903669
Use the doors to stab the snake holding your gun arm by stabbing through yourself.

>>903670
Yeah, do this!

And be careful, since those traps might activate as soon as your arm gets close to them! Which would actually be good, since that would trigger all of those traps and have them strike the snakes, if you can get your arm out of the way fast enough!

>>903676
The Doors doesn’t work like that.

1/2 Heretic 2018/09/27(Thu)18:16 No. 903686 ID: 8a947d
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>>903676
Your skin is one continuous surface, if you stabbed yourself you'd just be killing yourself. Your coat is one continuous surface, if you stabbed the coat you'd just stab through it and stab yourself.

>Can The Doors work through his energy attacks?
You aren't sure. They do become solid when they emerge, but you're not sure how effective using The Doors like that would be since the attacks are rarely ever near Johnny himself and you at the same time. Still, if two of them are out then maybe it could work.

>Attack through the snakes
You pull your knife out of your pocket with your free hand and stab through the snake grappling your arm. Your arm emerges through one of the snakes and in the same moment you strike about in a flurry cutting up dozens of snakes coming near you into bits. The snake bits fall to the ground.

2/2 Heretic 2018/09/27(Thu)18:17 No. 903687 ID: 8a947d
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>Be careful, since those traps might activate as soon as your arm gets close to them!
Johnny-G's imprint attacks are activated by proximity, he activates them himself at will...

As soon as you kill the imprinted snakes you cut the snake on your arm and the ones on your legs. As you do this you realize the dead imprinted snakes suddenly jump up off of the ground towards you. Johnny-G activated his attacks on the backs of the snakes to make them leap towards you since the snakes don't need to be alive for the attacks to work. The attacks inside of the snake release and fists pummel you from all sides knocking you to the ground. Instead of hitting dirt you hit something hard, you're laying on a meteorite chunk.

In your daze Johnny-G steps in front of you, you can hear his boots clack on the meteorite's surface as well.

JOHNNY-G: I tried to make this easier for you...maybe I won't take ya in alive. I bet Channing'll be happy just to get that Seraphim all to himself.

>>903687
Right, you can just fall through this meteorite chunk and get to the main one. You’re probably too injured to get to the tiny piece in time.
He’s probably boobie-trapped most of it, including the top so aim for the bit you already cleared of imprints. Then stab him in the feet so he falls over and you can get something important with your knife.

>>903687
Is the chunk big enough to teleport through? If so, use it to run.

If you can't, I have an idea, I'm not sure how well it will work though. Take that snake, point the gun and him and shoot, but DO NOT use The Doors. Just fire straight at him.

>>903689
This sounds like a great trick. Can you do this, or are you too injured?

Pull half his body through the chunk then close the door.

Use the Doors to grab and pull his leg through the meteorite. Then stab it deep to sever some arteries.

>>903689
So point the gun at him, but put a snake in front of the barrel as if you are going to use the doors, but just shoot through the snake. Additionally, while these snakes might not be poisonous, they may still have fangs, which means you can still potentially get seriously wounded from them.

>>903687
Here’s a few ideas:
1) Tell him, “If I’m gonna die, I’ll die my way.” then stab yourself. But make sure you actually stab the meteorite in your pocket so that your knife will come out of the meteorite under Johnny-G’s foot to try and cut his leg off!

2) Same as above, only you shoot through the meteorite in your pocket and have the bullets come out of the meteorite under Johnny-G’s feet!

3) Shoot your gun through the meteorite you’re laying on to make the bullets come out of the meteorite in your pocket! He won’t see that coming!

>>903694
He already explained that he can’t close the portal on something right here: >>903666 . Whatever goes through has to go all the way through and he can’t close the portal to cut things in half.

>>903695
Johnny is standing on the same meteorite that Troy is laying on, which means Troy can’t create a portal through it. Troy can only create portals between 2 separate objects that are similar, so he can only create a portal to a separate meteorite!

1/2 Heretic 2018/09/28(Fri)11:31 No. 903895 ID: 8a947d
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>Shoot through the snake (but not really)
You dropped that snakes head when you got beat down, there isn't one close enough for you to use like that.

>Stab through the meteor you're laying on
You can't just stab the meteor since it's one big surface, but you do still have that chunk you picked up from before...

Johnny puts on foot on your chest.

JOHNNY-G: C'mon y'can't tell me ya thought this'd go well for you? What with bein' wanderin' about all on ya lonesome like some sorta vagabond. You lost from the start Troy.
YOU:...By myself but not alone. I ask no one.

You quickly stab your knife into your coat, into the pocket holding the meteorite chunk. Your knife emerges from underneath Johnny's planted foot causing him to stumble back in surprise and pain. In that moment you leap from your prone state and grab Johnny by his stupid suspenders.

YOU: Roamer, Wanderer, Nomad, Vagabond! Call me what you will!

2/2 Heretic 2018/09/28(Fri)11:31 No. 903896 ID: 8a947d
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You wrestle Johnny until you've manages to grab him from behind, his wounded foot makes this easier, and fall with him through the meteorite slab you were standing on. You emerge out of the only other meteorite with a location you know for sure. You fall out of the top of the large meteorite in the center of the bush pit and fall over the edge.

YOU: WHEREVER I MAY ROAM!

Johnny's head connects with the ground at a high speed, and you hear the awful sound of what you can assume is his skull cracking open. Johnny breaks most of your fall but you still bump your head and are left a big dizzy from the fall. After some time one the ground recovering from the daze you stand up and look down at Johnny. He's not going to be moving anytime soon.

HELL, YEAH!
THERE'S MORE WHERE THAT CAME FROM!
Try not to get blindsided by Jitter.

>>903896
>He's not going to be moving anytime soon.
You can either finish him off and make sure he never moves again or you can leave him and continue running away before Jitter has a chance to attack you.

If you decide to run, when you get back to your truck, you should check your stuff before you drive away, just to make sure Jitter didn’t steal anything while you were busy fighting Johnny and some of her snakes. Because it would really suck to notice the Seraphim is missing after you drove all the way back to Roland’s house!

>>903896
That was one hell of a suplex! (one for the tgchan hall of fame!)

Ask jitter if she wants to surrender. She seems misunderstood and should be given the chance to be an ally.

Ofc dont try too hard.

Or Ever.
Consult your angel.
Anything you can do with the one inside him before the brain hemorrhaging kills him?

Heretic 2018/09/28(Fri)14:07 No. 903918 ID: 8a947d
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You haven't gotten to suplex anyone like that in...well ever. That really stupid and could've killed you so maybe you shouldn't do it again, but it was also really fucking awesome.

>Jitter
Right, now you need to deal with the one left over. When you turn to search for her you're met with a familiar tall creature.

ICHIGO: looks like you've been having an eventful night so far?
YOU: W-What're you doing here!?
ICHIGO: well after i was done eating my last meal i decided to take a walk through the wasteland for a while since i didn't really feel like going to sleep. then i came across your scent, and the scent of two other people i didn't recognize. you smelled like sweat and adrenaline so i assumed you were in trouble...

He holds up Jitter with one hand

ICHIGO: i assume this woman was one of your assailants? she came out of a pile of snakes by your truck. she was holding onto this.

Ichigo holds up the vial of Seraphim.

ICHIGO: very dangerous stuff you know? it would have been disastrous if someone who knew what they were doing got a hold of this substance.

>>903907
I agree, dicide what will you do with this cunt, but be quick, that Seraphim is a dangerous thing for your former boss to posses.
Remember, Johnny tortured and probably killed your friends to get to you, just a little incentive.

Yeah? Ask him to tell you more about it after he gets rid of Jitter.

>>903918
That's pretty nice of you, helping us.

Now before he eats her, ask her what she did with your things that you left here. We'll probably not reach the other caches without a fight, but we might still be able to get this one.

>>903919
Shit, nevermid this...

>>903918
God damn, yes, thank you Ichigo! I cound't stop the two of them at the same time, so she must have gone to steal the Seraphim while i dealed with this asshole. I hate to say it, but i owe you again, that thing is indeed dangerous, that is why i am keeping it. There is someone who would like to have it, and these two work for him, so i would expect more of his men to come to kill me and take the Seraphim.

Do you know what to do with it?
Does Jitter pass you smell test?

1/2 Heretic 2018/09/28(Fri)15:06 No. 903934 ID: 8a947d
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YOU: You know anythin' about Seraphim?
ICHIGO: in it's raw state ingesting it in any form is deadly, only a Saint would have a chance to survive and even then it's a small chance. their survival depends on the strength of the angel inside of them, so a stronger angel would mean a higher chance of gaining the drugs benefits without the hyper degradation it can cause to ones organs. You weren't planning on using this were you?
YOU: No, definitely not. When I found it I hid it since I didn't want my former boss to find it. He is the last person who needs to have that.
ICHIGO: the same man who these two work for? and the man i ate previously?
YOU: Yeah, Laughing Channing. Luckily, none of them know I have the stuff, but if they do kill or capture me that guy'll get his hands on it.
ICHIGO: that does sound pretty dire. the again you handled that one just fine from the look of it.

He points at Johnny's unmoving body.

ICHIGO: why are you in this pit full of bushes to begin with?

His question reminds you of why you came here in the first place...

2/2 Heretic 2018/09/28(Fri)15:06 No. 903935 ID: 8a947d
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You go back to searching around the rock until you find what you're looking for, a small cactus you dig up with its pot from the ground and a bag of seeds to grow more similar to it. Ichigo gets close and sniffs the cactus before backing up and covering his nose.

ICHIGO: you risked your life for a peyote plant?
YOU: What? They're hard to find around here. Anyway I really owe you for all of this, I actually think I double owe you since you killed the last guy too.
ICHIGO: don't mention it, really it was more for myself than anything...so, what do you want to do with this woman? letting her go would certainly be trouble for you and anyone associated with you.
YOU: What about Johnny?
ICHIGO: how deep do you want to dig his grave? because he is most definitely dead from a fall like that.

>>903935
She knows about the Seraphim. Right now, Channing is just pissed at us. He wants to kill us, but anger can only take him so far, he'll eventually tire trying to chase us down. At worst, he'll kill us and continue on with being a psychopathic Saint. But if he does know about that Seraphim, he'll know that it will be advantageous to find us, and will be unlikely to stop. He'll get us, torture us, and he might end up becoming a super powered Saint.

We need to make it impossible for her to tell Channing, and I'm afraid the only way we can do that is by killing her.

>>903935
Doesn't seem right to execute a subdued opponent, but she's also difficult to keep restrained due to her snake powers.

How about this: destroy the Seraphim, then let her go.

So she doesn't smell like food for you? That is a problem, she can't be allowed to return to Channing. Either we kill her or findsomeone with the infrastructure to keep a prisioner. Do you know anyone?

I don't like killing people and snakes like the usual, but we could use one of the bunkers to contain her and interrogate her for a time.

She kinda tried to "kill" you, tortured your friends to know where you were going to find your stuff and was traying to take the Seraphim to give it to Channing. She is not one to be trusted, she is dangerous. Do you know anithing about her that could be redeemable?

Johnny?
Let the coyotes have him.

As for her...
She knows too much.

Ask Ichigo what he thinks. I want to keep her since i have a gut feeling that they are just misunderstood and not evil. If Ichigo says she is okay, keep her, otherwise let ichigo eat her (or hit her with a gun bullet).

>>903935
>what do you want to do with this woman? letting her go would certainly be trouble for you and anyone associated with you.
We can’t let her go, since she knows about the Seraphim. Another reason we can’t let her go is because Ichigo openly admitted to eating someone out loud in front of her and I’m pretty sure he wouldn’t want to let her go when she knows something like that.

Also, Ichigo said that he liked Roland and since Roland is also Troy’s friend, letting Jitter go would technically endanger Roland, which Ichigo probably wouldn’t want to happen.

Eh, let’s just let Ichigo decide what to do with her.

>how deep do you want to dig his grave? because he is most definitely dead from a fall like that.
Don’t take any chances, make sure he’s dead.

After that, Troy, you should probably offer Ichigo a ride back into town. Which will give you an opportunity to ask him if he’s a demon or something.

Is she like.. Do you want her? This pair was bragging about torturing my friends a minute ago.

As for Johnny, dig him a regular grave, jeez. Don't be cruel.

1/3 Heretic 2018/09/29(Sat)16:03 No. 904142 ID: 8a947d
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>So she doesn't smell like food for you?
ICHIGO: of course she does, everybody does. if you're asking if she smells "not evil" i can't tell. it's not like i can smell someone's soul, that'd be stupid.

>Do you know anything about her that could be redeemable?
No, she's willing teamed up with that asshole to track you down and kill you. She's not a good person.

>What to do with Jitter
You've got no issue killing her, but some small part of you feels like you can't despite the fact that she tried to kill/capture you. You know of nobody with the resources to imprison her, though you guess you could always ask Ichigo to just take her for you. He knows well enough not to let her go, besides you're tired

YOU: Ichigo you take care of it.
ICHIGO: w-wait. why am i getting stuck with this?
YOU: You're mister mysterious killer man you gotta have something you can do with her.I'm going back Roland's House and putting this stuff to good use.

You return to your truck and drive off...

2/3 Heretic 2018/09/29(Sat)16:03 No. 904143 ID: 8a947d
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3/3 Heretic 2018/09/29(Sat)16:04 No. 904145 ID: 8a947d
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Your name is Roland Gallows Conroy, and your entire body is in terrible pain. You spent all of last night working out with that Flint guy since as of now your body is too frail to properly handle shaping aetherial energy. You didn't really learn anything new, but you did get a good workout. Also Flint told you he lives in Crud City so now you can go and talk to him more if you want. You've never really had a reason to go to Crud City until now.

You really don't want get up from your hammock but if you stay in all day you won't make any progress on your demonological studies. Where should you go today?

>Crud City
Delphi, Eto, and Flint should be there.

>Dawnsprings
Ichigo, Ada, and Hazel should be there and Bower should live near the town.

>Stay Home
Troy and Vol are here

>>904145
Dawnsprings. Check the job board.

>>904145
Go to Dawnsprings, you might as well go check on Ada and that plant. And possibly start finally flirting with her.

Make sure you eat before you leave. On your way out, check to see if Troy is back yet and if he is ask him where he was last night. Also talking to Troy will give him an opportunity to deliver Ichigo’s message to Roland.

>>904145
>Dawnsprings
Take Vol with you. Let's check the job board and go talk with Ada.

>>904149
Yep, this sounds alright.

Dawnsprings, Check in with the doc and OOH! that peach plant might make you feel right as rain!

Go get a peach.

Then check the job board.
And maybe Flirt with Hazel before you head out of town.

>>904145
Before you do ANYTHING else, you need to do a good half hour/hour of yoga or you are going to be stiffer than a corpse.

Heretic 2018/09/30(Sun)16:38 No. 904262 ID: 8a947d
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>>904173
Yo...Yoga? Is that like some sort of yogurt? You don't own any yogurt you don't really like the stuff. You will do a little stretching to help with your stiffness though, but you aren't sure how yogurt would help that.

>Go get a peach.
The healing peaches from that tree seem a bit to important just to use on some morning stiffness...then again your bones do feel like jelly. Maybe you'll take one.

You preform your morning ablutions then head downstairs to eat. Vol is finishing up his new violin after breaking the last one. He's been working on it all night while you were training with Flint, he's still getting used to making things that big with his blood. You both grab an apple to eat on the way there and head outside. The sky's cloudy, and there's a strong odor wafts through the air. You look to the right of your house, Troy is laying on a bean bag smoking something out of a wooden pipe.

YOU: Troy?
TROY: Ey Roland. G'morning.
VOL: Wat are ya doin'?
TROY: Me? I'm jus' countin' the clouds.
YOU: ...Okay well I'm going to Dawnsprings so...seeya.
TROY: Wait wait wait hold up Rol...

Troy riffles through the box his legs rest on and pulls out a stack of cards. He counts out a section and hands them to you. It's 245 worth, along with the 330 you had before you now have 575.

TROY: Gotta pay my rent...Oh! Uh...Ichigo's wantin' to talk to you in Dawnsprings too but umm...just be careful 'round the guy alright?

>>904262
Hey, thanks for the cards and the info. Also, you ran into Ichigo? He may be tall, but from what we've seen of him, he appears to be pretty friendly. He's also pretty good and paper doll theater, maybe you should go check it out sometime with us?

On our way to town, we really need to ask Vol something: how did people react to us without our bandages. Did they say anything about it? We woke up without them, so we know that the medics must have seen us at least.

>>904262
>Pain from Flint’s training
So what did Flint make you do that left you so sore?

>Vol finished making a new violin
>worked on it while you were training with Flint
How many times did he stop to throw up? And did Flint make fun of Vol for being queasy? If he did, you better have defended Vol!

>Oh! Uh...Ichigo's wantin' to talk to you in Dawnsprings too but umm...just be careful 'round the guy alright?
Ok, but where can I find him in Dawnsprings? Is there any specific place he said to meet him at?

And why should I be careful around him? He seems like a nice guy that can put on some pretty cool paper doll shows!

>>904278
Oh, and here’s something funny to ask Vol during the Skipper ride to Dawnsprings.

“Hey, Vol? Has anyone ever thought you were a female because the tip of your tail is shaped like a heart?”

Thanks Troy, take care of the house, will yah?Say, two things, where did you get this money and how do you know Ichigo? Just curious.

You met Ichigo?
He's such a nice guy, isn't he?

Heretic 2018/10/01(Mon)12:16 No. 904314 ID: 8a947d
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YOU: You met Ichigo?
TROY: Yeah sure did...met him while he was huntin'...for like...food and shit man. The dude likes to hunt his own meals...it's cool and junk. He's nice...but he's weird man.
YOU: Well sure plenty of people around here are weird. Well thanks Troy watch the house for us.
TROY: No problem man...aw man I lost count, now I gotta start all over.

You mount up your Skipper and ride off for Dawnsprings. The whole way there Vol talks your ear off about letting a druggie into your god damn house, but you make sure to clarify he hasn't actually been inside your house at all while he's been here. Besides, he paid rent despite still just sleeping in his truck so you don't think either of you should be mad.

You arrive at Dawnsprings, and the first place you go is the job board. A lot of the jobs, as per usual, are small time things that don't interest you in any way. Only two of the job's posted catch your eye, mostly because they're written by people you know.

One is written on a large piece of paper in very neat writing, almost as if it was typed by a typewriter, but the letters are giant; like the person writing it had very large hands. It's signed by Hazel...
Need help with deciphering old texts, anybody skilled in reading demonic wanted. No cards to offer but can provide valuable books in return.

The other is written in flowing cursive, it's a bit hard to read. what makes it harder is what you think are the constant spelling errors. Syntax in it's weird too. The writer doesn't write English very well. It's signed by Ada, you try to read it out as best as you can...
I am looking for anyone that has knowledge of both the mechanical and magical. Reward can be negotiated, I'm in possession of multiple vehicle parts and other well maintained pieces of machinery

Which one do you want to do?

>>904314
Old demonic text? I'm curious just what that could be about. Culture? Ancient history? Perhaps even spells? This new text alone could be valuable to our research, and we're even getting a rare book in return.

Maybe Vol could also teach us some Demonic while we're at it.

Go see what this business with Hazel is. Can't pass up some old lore.

>>904314
Waifus Detected
Let's go with Ada's.

...Heretic, are you, by any chance making us choose between the two beautiful girls? Because that is just evil.
I can't decide that! I want to do both!

>>904339
>I want to do both!
Heh

Issei is obviously best girl.

>>904314
>Which one do you want to do?
Why not both? Neither job has a deadline.

But if you want to know which job to do right now, I say you can do Ada‘s job first, since it seems like it’ll take the longest to finish. Then after you get the hard job out of the way, you can wrap up the day by working on Hazel‘s job next, since it seems like it won’t take that long.

Who knows? You might be able to finish both of them today!

>>904351
Oh shit i just realised what i wrote.

Heretic 2018/10/01(Mon)20:34 No. 904404 ID: 8a947d
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>>904339
What do you think this is? some sort of harem anime? You get all your waifus and that's that? That's not how we do things here buster. Ain't no way you're getting more than one. This is a family friendly quest about demons and post apocalyptic drug runners, and you'd damn well better choose ONE or get NONE. I was pushing it letting you degenerates put Roland in a dress and now this??? You make me SICK.

Heretic 2018/10/01(Mon)20:34 No. 904405 ID: 8a947d
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>Hazel
You decide that maybe whatever Hazel has that needs deciphering could be interesting, so you head for Hollow Garden.

You enter the library ringing the little bell at the top of the door. Inside Hazel is pushing a cart, sorting through different books and stacking them on the shelves when she hears the chime and turns to talk to you.

HAZEL: Oh Roland! It's good to see you again. I assume you're hear for the job I posted?
YOU: Yeah, how'd you know?
HAZEL: I was kind of thinking of you when I wrote it up. You seem like you're knowledgeable in some way about demons and the like and I didn't really have a way to contact you directly so I just posted to the job boards.

Hazel stops pushing her cart and leads you to the back of her shop, she talks to you as you walk with her.

HAZEL: So, how much do you know about demonic languages?

>>904404
I DIDN'T MEAN IT LIKE THAT, I DON'T EVEN LIKE HARENS, I JUST SAID IT IS TOO CRUEL OF YOU TO MAKE US CHOOSE! Whatever fine, i'll choose ONE, gee... grumble grumble...

>>904405
Ehhh... a little bit from my dad's diary and a little from Vol here, you think that would be enough? The plan is to try and keep learning but we don't really know where to get that knowledge... yet. Flint might be able to teach us some, if he knows anything about that...

>>904405
We know a bit, but probably not enough to decipher it. Vol is quite capable of reading it though.

>>904404
Can we date Heretic?

>>904407
We have chosen wisely.